How common is the surname Scholten?

3,350 people in the United States had the surname Scholten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,163 Americans. It ranked 9,687th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scholten?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scholten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scholten?

Hillary Scholten, American politician (born 1982).

Where is the surname Scholten most common?

Wikidata records people named Scholten in the United States.

Is the surname Scholten getting more or less common?

More common. 2,995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,350 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Scholten

A Dutch surname, carried by 3,350 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scholten is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch Scholten.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,350 people named Scholten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,163 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,995.

#9,687

rank among US surnames

3,350

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+11.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,937)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,683	Garrard	3,353	92,080
#9,684	Blanc	3,352	92,108
#9,686	Kunze	3,351	92,135
#9,687	Scholten	3,350	92,163
#9,691	Paramo	3,348	92,218
#9,692	Geis	3,347	92,245

Who is named Scholten

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Scholten identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scholtens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hillary Scholten
American politician (born 1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scholten

Scholten has the Soundex code S435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S435.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scholten come from?: Borrowed from Dutch Scholten.
How common is the surname Scholten?: 3,350 people in the United States had the surname Scholten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,163 Americans. It ranked 9,687th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scholten?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scholten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scholten?: Hillary Scholten, American politician (born 1982).
Where is the surname Scholten most common?: Wikidata records people named Scholten in the United States.
Is the surname Scholten getting more or less common?: More common. 2,995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,350 in 2010, up 12%.